Betrayed By The Hero, Loved By The Lord novel Chapter 1

Chapter 1: A husband's betrayal (1)

"Do you hear it?" Selene Valor questioned, her ears picking up on the sound of a horn.

She couldn't mistake that sound she heard the day Gabriel and all the other men left.

Gabriel Valor, her husband, parted from Selene nearly six months ago to join the king's army and end a long war.

Good news reached the town of Gabriel's victories, and he was now declared the kingdom's current hero. The king himself would reward him for his triumph and grant him anything he wanted.

Selene picked up her dress to run to the front door, ignoring how the guests entering for the banquet she prepared gawked at her. It was unladylike, maybe but she was too focused on seeing her husband.

When she reached the door, Selene raised her hand to cover her face to protect her red eyes from the sun's light. Although it stung to be out in the day at times, she could bear with it to see her husband.

"Gabriel!" Selene cried out his name, her happiness filling the air.

Now that Gabriel had returned, Selene thought of how their arrangement started. Selene was one of the few pureblood vampires who resided in the town which gave her more status above the mixed bloods like her husband.

Mixed-bloods were the offspring of humans bitten by purebloods and turned into vampires.

Along with her pureblood lineage, Selene was once the daughter of a nobleman. Her father had been a Count but after his death, his title had been passed to the oldest male heir in the family which was her cousin since her father didn't have sons.

Selene needed protection from her relatives who sought out what little wealth her father placed in her name before his death and was lucky to meet with Gabriel who would do anything to marry a lady with status.

Selene promised to look after the mansion Gabriel had to his name while he would send off the relatives who came to trouble her.

How could they trouble her now when the great hero was her husband?

"Gabriel!" A wave of praises for him was heard as Gabriel entered the gates. The guests invited to the banquet could not tear their gaze away from him.

Selene was focused on her husband. He rode at the front of the group, his armour made him stand out from the rest.

Selene stopped at the bottom of the steps waiting for him to get off his horse.

But Gabriel didn't stop, he rode past Selene before getting off. After handing the reins to a servant, he took off his helmet, looking at her for the first time.

It dawned on Selene now that she saw his face clearly, the sight of her upset him.

Gabriel despised the way Selene smiled like she had any love for him. He knew that she didn't. She had always been using him, leaving him with nothing. He had been too foolish to see it in the past but something opened his eyes to her ways.

Gabriel was tired from the long journey but he could not ignore the people who praised him and wanted to speak to him about his victory. He returned a new man and with this new status, he could not only settle for a woman like Selene.

Selene spent days carefully planning for his return. She sent invitations all around the town starting from the king to Lord Blackthorn and other noblemen. _{frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓}